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Our Advisory Committees provide expert advice on a variety of issues to ensure that students earning degrees or certificates from JCCC are prepared to enter the workforce and become immediately productive.
Michelle Busch
Community Member
Dental Care Staffing
Kathleen Hoang
Member, RDH
Recent JCCC Graduate
Nealy Newkirk
Member, DDS
Community DDD Partner
Bethany Palesh
Member, RDH
UMKC Representative/Educator
Andrea Peterson
Member, RDH
Topeka VA
Kim Resz
Member, RDH
Phye Family Dentistry
Marti Santizo
Corporate Member
Colgate Ed manager
Jeffery Weeks
Community Partner
President, HealthStaff
The Johnson County Community College Dental Hygiene program is in alignment with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CIP code 51.0602: Dental Hygiene/Hygienist. A program that prepares individuals to clean teeth and apply preventive materials, provide oral health education and treatment counseling to patients, identify oral pathologies and injuries, and manage dental hygiene practices. Includes instruction in dental anatomy, microbiology, and pathology; dental hygiene theory and techniques; cleaning equipment operation and maintenance; dental materials; radiology; patient education and counseling; office management; supervised clinical training; and professional standards.
